>> welcome. hopes to an end of 40 years of conflict, muslim rebels in the philippines sign a peace deal with the government. >> she's been a president and prisoner, now ukraine's tymoshenko announces a bid for the top job. >> leading the fight against al shabab. >> australia says no to a plan

to allow big game hunters to shoot crocodiles. the philippines government signed a peace deal with the rebel group, ending one of asia's deadly effort and longest conflicts. members of the milf have fought for an independent homeland in the southern region which they reward as their an as he is central homeland. the agreement creates an autonomous muslim region and new political entity which will share power with the national government. the new authority will have far greater control of the region than ever before and set up its own police force and legal system. >> more than 150,000 people have been killed since the milf took up arms in the late 1960's, a million more displaced.

the philippines president said the two sides have had to overcome trust issues that advance the peace process. >> our goal to have the transition authority in place by 2015, when it will serve as the government until the elections in 2016, in this manner, the people themselves will turn the time of strife into an era of peace and equitable progress. they will prove that the space is vast enough to address every filipino's grievances and concerns. >> more now from the southern philippines. >> after decades of rebellion, over 150,000 people have been killed, millions more have been displaced, today, this has happened. a peace pact has been signed between the philippine government and the most powerful islamic militant group, the

milf. i am here at the strong hold in the southern philippines. the mood is festive, thousands of fighters watched and listened to the siege of a peace agreement they say will now give them the opportunity of a better life. there have been fighters who fought against the philippine government for decades. there are knows born into a protected war and they said now are able to live a life of retirement. their children will not have to go through the same difficulties that they went through. it's interesting, also, i've spoken to fighters who said that this is not just for those who are here, it is also for those who have died, sacrificed and who have been killed in the process. because of this peace agreement, they have been given justice. the bigger challenge is ahead, the implementation. they are aware that it's not going to be easy. in particular, the decommissioning of tens of thousands of fighters who have been so used to the culture of

insurgency. the spoilers, many local government officials, people, groups here on the ground who have long profited from war. it is not going to be easy, they say, and they are ready for the challenges ahead. right now, they are thankful for the sincerity of the philippine government and the commitment of the hierarchy of the liberation front. >> the agreement with the front has taken 17 years to reach. aljazeera takes a look now at why it's taken so long for both sides to come to an agreement. >> the conflict between the philippine government and rebel groups fighting for self rule has been going on for 40 years, killed over 150,000 and displaced millions. >> since 1960 up to this time, the people who ever subject for aggression, suppression, by the

philippine government. >> the island has had a muslim population six the 15t 15th century and has been an autonomous region since 1989. the government model fell because of corruption an political in-fighting. rebels who wanted more autonomy continued to fight because the leaders of both sides could not build trust. in a meeting in japan in 2011, that changed when the philippine president met the leader of the milf for the first time. the meeting was heavily criticized because it was seen as an appeasement of the rebels, but it was in hindsight a breakthrough that led directly to the peace deals. the agreement should bring peace to the south, a newly created region with more autonomy, much greater control of its taxes,

resources and its own police and legal system. there is still rebel factions that are not satisfied with the deal that want out right independence, a complete split from the philippines. they are potential spoilers. >> the leadership is aware that the spoilers are a big problem for them, but we have to deal with them, you know, we have to let them know that once the government is inclusive, everyone is invited, everyone is included in this. >> all fighters belonging to the front are expected to hand over weapons and return to civilian life. joining the police, for example, no one expects this to be a straight forward process. aljazeera. >> let's hear from annal peace keeping group in london. he said the government and milf

have laid foundations for a better future. >> i think there are short term challenges and long term challenges, but they can be summarized in security quarterback governance and trust, and weapons is one of them. actually, one of the particular hearts of the philippines is that the law allows people to carry weapons, so it's not a matter of full disarmament of the liberation front. it's a matter of registration of the reference, but that is a problem. the arms proliferation in hands of civilians and in many hands, and that will be a security threat for the long and short run. at the same time, of course, governance transition from armed struggle to politics for the milf will be a challenge and finally, building trust among communities that have been divided for decades is also a significant challenge ahead. >> i just want to make you aware

of a development in a story we've followed for a few hours now here at aljazeera. a vote today by the 47 member u.n. human rights counsel in geneva on an inquiry, whether to hold an inquiry into war crimes committed by both sides in sri lanka's civil war, the end of the war in 2009. 23 states in favor, 12 against, the 12 abextensions, the human rights council has adopted that resolution presented by the united states, half the countries saying that the government failed to investigate properly that news. we'll get analysis from our correspondent in geneva in the next few minutes here on the news hour. >> ukraine's former prime minister tymoshenko plans to run

for president. she was released from president last month after the overthrow of president yanukovych. let's go to the crimean capital. hardly a surprise that she's announced she's going to run for president again. >> even behind bars, she was involved in the protest on independent square in kiev, these past months, having her daughter read out messages, together demonstrators to stand firm. she is a towering figure in ukrainian politics. she's known as the gas princess for her time running a major gas company, which made her a billionaire. she served twice as prime minister, she negotiated a deal with russia over gas prices, which was used and seen as a

politically motivated trial to send her to jail. she negotiated a deal with president viktor yanukovych seen as giving too much of a price. she was part of the 2004 orange revolution, i remember being there, her command of the crowds, she can get tens of thousands of people to march on parliament with a flick of her golden braids. an incredibly powerful speaker, but divisive, just as you were saying because precisely of her background, the murky business past of many of the oligarchs here. to people who want new politics, she represents the old politics, the most recent opinion poll indicates she would probably garner 10% of the vote. >> the international monetary

fund will loan ukraine up to $18 billion as part of a bailout deal. the government says it needs financial help to avoid a default and get the economy back up and running. following approval, the i.m.f. is expected to release $9 billion, but it's tied to economic reforms. the fund has made an immediate end to ukraine's costly gas subs decease, its main condition for approval of the program. ukrainians gas bills are among the lowest in europe. according to the world bank, households pay on average around 20% of the full import price of gas, the government spends 7% of its g.d.p. or about $12.5 billion a year to maintain that subsidy. russia which supplies ukraine with most of its gas said that it's going to increase the price that kiev pace for the fuel by some 79% from april this year. plus, state energy company has

said it will increase domestic heating prices by 50% from may. ukraine's prime minister warned of difficult consequences for the economy caused by the rise in russian gas prices. the first risk is the so-called energy problem, raising the price for gas two fold will lead to very difficult consequences for the whole ukrainian economy. that's the price for ukrainian independence, a double of the price from russia. >> back to that breaking news, the united nations top human rights body has voted to authorize an international criminal investigation into alleged abuses during sri lanka's civil war. the war ended in 2009 when the army defeated the rebels. they have resisted the push for

an international investigation. human rights activist said it is the only way to deal with car crimes said to believe committed in the final stages of the long civil war. let's go live to geneva. there were 12 abextensions, 12 against, that's right? >> that's absolutely right. 23 for, 24 against and 12 abextensions. two earlier attempts failed in the previous years, but they decided finally that the national consensus is sufficient to get this independent investigation underway. sri lanka accuses the west particularly the international body here, the human rights counsel just behind me where they've just been voting of

meddling in their internal affairs, but the international community believes has sri lanka has done is hopefully inadequate and the abuses and tortures in some cases, people disappearing, people, journalists, the persecution of religious groups, is sufficient to warrant the investigation. some people from countries who don't like the idea of external investigators coming into countries to investigate, russia, cuba, china, pakistan, raised the issue of funding. all that was defeated in the end and investigation will go ahead. of course, how much power it will have finally within the u.n. context is a question that remains open. the u.n. security council obviously russia in particular, still has that veto. it doesn't like the idea, but

her happens the international criminal court is another route suggested here if the investigation proves that abuses have taken place. >> a spokesman for sri lanka's president is live with us now. sir, the u.n. human rights council has called for this independent inquiry into alleged war crimes in your country. will ve linda cooperate? >> what i can see at the moment is that scree linda will study the entire process that happened so far.

sri lanka has been steady, this is not about human rights, this is a politically motivated, biased and unjustice interference on sri lanka. >> if sri lanka has nothing hide, why has it fought so hard against this resolution? >> let me explain. this is about human rights, the stream human rights is the right to life, right to life. people were being killed and discriminated, people belonging to all communities. moderate leadership was eliminated, then nobody spoke about human rights. this government under the

leadership of the president defeated terrorism and entered the enjoyment of the supreme human rate that is right for life. >> i'm interested in why you say this is politically motivated, why would the united nations human rights council, the international body, why would they be gaininging up on sri lanka. >> let me give you one example. 19 may, 2009 was defeated, just one week after the event. human rights high commissioner called for an international inquiry. only after that fall, she initiated a process to prove her test, so though that this is politically motivated, it is our position. but anyway, the government of ve

linda will study everything and take appropriate action. >> sir, if after the study, sri lanka decides not to cooperate, surely you as a nation, you've got more to lose by doing that, haven't you? >> i can't make a prediction. it depends on the study the government is going to do. >> india, your close neighbor opted to abstain from the vote today. it has voted against colombo. >> india's abextension proves my

earlier point that this process is i didn't know consistent with the human rights council principles. >> the world bank says a family pocketed 20% of all tunisia's profits. >> mobile phone banking is blocked from coming to tunisia. a word bank report reveals how little rules have changed.

>> in some ways, the administration are getting worse. before, if somebody comes from the top and pushes something, it gets done. now, nobody's really taking the initiative to push things through or take any kind of risks. >> economists call it coney capitalism when political connections make a few people very rich. industries were exploited by the previous president. companies needed prior government authorization, giving a ecement company dominance over the market. >> even we now have seen that a system was really hiding the reality of the too national

league economy in the sense that there are very large sections of the economy that are still closed to competition. >> >> this is the only volkswagen car dealership. the world economy said the world economy hasn't brought changes. >> i asked the minister of finance why so little has been done to reform the economy. >> i mean, in all the systems, we find some level of corruption, but i think the corruption is not anymore a part of the system. we are going to include the transparency. >> he and his family now live in compile. the government auctioned off motor of their tunisian assets.

the world bank said the same business laws that closed opportunity and economy then still exist, and many people are waiting for economic justice. >> egypt has a new defense minister, after field marshall quit the post. sisi resigned at army chief and defense minister to run for the presidency. his replacement is a general sworn in on thursday. interim president administered the oath. three aljazeera journalists are due to make their fourth court appearance on monday. they are accused of having links with a terrorist organization and of spreading false news. >> meanwhile from aljazeera's arabic channel, this journalist has been in custody for more

than six months. aljazeera rejects all charges against its staff and continues to demand their immediate release. >> kenya's president said that insecurity in africa and terror threats are morning the biggest challenges facing his country. on wednesday, the government announced a crackdown on refugees, ordering all back into camps. in his annual address to parliament, he said safety is the priority. >> there is a demand we attend to our needs and those of our neighbors especially when the screenty of our neighbors is threatened by internal conflict and terror. that is why our troops are in somalia, helping our troubled neighbor restore it's own law and order. that is why we have been at the vanguard of the peace and mediation efforts in south sudan. that is also why we have met our international obligations of

assistance to the vulnerable, hosting refugees and asylum seekers, many with their other ins in the region. >> kenya is especially worried about the somali threat. african troops have regained a town. >> an african union troop said al shabab fighters are retreating to bigger cities. many have returned to the capitol after being driven out by forces three years ago. we report now on the special forces tasked with trying to protect the somali capitol. >> now new members of sow

malia's special forces received supplies, shoes, unglasses, guns. their mission is to fight al shabab. they are not ready yet, but this is a country still very much at war and every soldier in the national army is needed. >> the best way to fill army is peace time. the challenge is how do you feel in war. it's very difficult here, because you cannot have time to frayn them, the soldiers, because you needed tomorrow's war. tomorrow he has to go to fight. >> the inexperience shows al shabab fighters have infiltrated mogadishu attacks and now more frequent and bold. so far this year, they have attacked the airport, a u.n. compound and presidential palace, all in the most

fortified section of the city. >> a lot of people here are tired of being afraid. they almost know not a day goes by without a pour tar or gun attack. the people hope the government can do better. >> the forces have been pushing out al shabab from their main bases. the rebels are seen to be fleeing in mountains, many also entering mogadishu. >> what you need is a critical government that has got the support of the locals. local that is think their government is delivering something good for them. al shabab would not made if the entire public and government, if the government wins the public to their side. >> back at the training camp,

the special forces sing the national anthem, ready for combat. they are under no illusions. after more than two decades of war, they tell us making sure civilians are safe was never going to be easy. aljazeera, mogadishu. >> let's take a look at the weather. in the united states, extremes, too. >> if you are free this weekend, you might want to get yourself over there, because there's a mini gold rush taking place in california because of that drought that we're talking about here. outside of california we have seen extremely dry conditions taking place and that has led to this mini gold rush, the people have been flocking to the area, exposed with the best areas that have not been accessible for decades. people are coming to see what they can find. we are seeing the conditions.

these beds should be covers with water. we have a problem with regard to no rainfall at the moment. the rain across the pacific northwest, storms across the central plains and snowy conditions new the northeastern corridor of the country. these pictures out of massachusetts, winter still hanging on here. we have seen blizzard conditions and these awful conditions are set to return for sometime yet. heavy snow has been pushing up the eastern side of canada, a bit of a nor'easter. we're going to see the weather continue to drive further eastward, large hail, possibly showers, more heavy showers all all the way up the eastern seaboard. not just through friday, into saturday with a risk of further flooding to the northwest. >> we're at the midway point in this news hour. how some chinese families who

have been living under the one child policy may soon hear the patter of tiny feet for a second time. >> we'll be right back.

>> more progress is made in removing syria's stockpile. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons say half of the raw materials for syria's poisoned gas and nerve agent program has been now shipped overseas for destruction. the organization says that in a report to the u.n. that the total percentage of chemicals either removed or already

destroyed inside syria is 53.6%. the report says that syria has pledged to remove all chemicals by april 13, except for those presently in inaccessible areas. the deadline to remove those chemicals is april 27. the international community wants to remove and destroy 1,300 metric tons of chemical weapons by june 30. let's get a view on this from a chemical weapons expert joining us live from london. is this mission to rid syria of its chemical weapons so far a success? >> well, i think it is thus far, under the most demanding and difficult conditions, they have achieved a lot more than what a lot of us believed was possible. most importantly, they've taken the only chemical weapon that,

mustard gas out of syria. the original plan behind the u.n. resolution was to ensure chemical weapons should not be used against in syria. i suggest that that has now been achieved, because the mechanism for making and mixing chemical weapons has been destroyed. the only chemical weapon must start gas has been removed and what we have left is just toxic chemicals, so hugely successful, an 80% solution. actually, i think we should really draw stumps, now, rather than persist removes the chemicals which is going to be incredibly difficult to get the last 40% out. we've achieved a successful peace here and perhaps it's time to move on. the international community concentrate an getting aid in rather than these toxic chemicals out. >> but how did the opcw ensure they ever got the lot, removed or destroyed all of syria's

chemical weapons? >> that is an absolute key point, because only yesterday one of the senate committees published a report saying they believed that the regime had not declared all of its chemical weapons. we are pretty confident that its destroyed or removed all the declared chemical weapons of the regime, but there potentially is some declared and the other issue here is proliferation. some of the rebel groups i speak to are suggesting that there has been some proliferation of that stockpile, so absolutely if the opcw to determine that there is absolutely no chemical weapons in syria is a difficult task, but what is possible is they have destroyed or remove the safe the stockpile that was declared last year. >> the ability to turn that stockpile into a weapon, how easy or difficult would it be

for the syrian regime for other parties who get ahold of this remaining material to start up a chemical weapons program again? >> very difficult. what is left officially what's left is precursor chemicals, basically one mix the two together to get a chemical weapon. this is not kitchen chemistry, if you like or back street chemistry. you need a very sophisticated laboratory and very highly qualified and experienced scientists to do this. the fact that a precursor to mix together to make mass started gas is not the case. the concern is that potentially some of the mixed sarin or mustard gas could ever found its way into rebel groups, or other terrorist organizations in the eastern mediterranean and middle

east and they could use these very small amounts to create terror around not only the middle east, but the globe. >> on that note, we'll leave it. many thanks indeed. >> political campaigns is heating up in turkey ahead of next month's general election, the government facing persistent allegation of corruption and mismanagement. the ruling party is still ahead in most polls. we report. >> as customers haggle in istanbul, members of the political party try to convince that voting for them is the best deal they can get. this is the municipality strong hold for the last seven years. now one of turkey's opposition parties, the nationalist movement party feels it stands a good chance of winning here. the governing a.k.p. is arguing its tougher effort challenge in

years and it may be a good opportunity for candidates to win over people's votes. >> prime minister and his party have come under pressure in recent months, their popularity vented by all the way they attempt with protests last june. things got worse with accusations of corruption that implicated top government officials and their sons. even though the opposition's managed to make some gains capitalizing on the recent corruption scandals, all the polls still indicate that they will lose these elections. that's partly because of the massive infrastructure projects done, like this bridge and development of roads and transport systems. support for these projects means that some people will still vote for the party, even though they may not necessarily agree with all their politics. >> one of those people is a shop owner who says that the opposition has failed to provide

an alternative. >> i will vote for the ac party, because no other party will be able to provide services. if there were other leaders to provide better services, i would vote for another party. >> turkey's main opposition party insists that its members offer a viable alternative. campaigning not far from where the protests took place, one of its leaders announced that a vote for her party is a vote to protect personal freedoms and liberty. >> the members of the parliament renew it, as well, they don't come up with alternatives, they don't have programs and so on. >> the upcoming elections are being build as a referendum on the prime minister, but also seen by many as a test to find

out if his opponents have been able to fully take advantage of some of the public's discontent with the government. the opposition will be hoping that come election night, they will still be singing and dancing. >> u.s. president barack obama has met pope francis for the first time, discussing efforts to eradicate poverty and inequality. president obama has been in europe on a visit dominated by the ukraine crisis. he heads to saudi arabia later on thursday. >> another satellite spotted objects floating in the indian ocean where the hunt is on mort missing motion. objects have been seen by a thai satellite and by a french satellite earlier this week. bad weather ham percen hampers h

with high waves. >> amnesty international said it's largely due to a spike of killings in iran, where 369 people have been known to be put to death. globally, a total of 778 people are known to have been executed in 2013. that doesn't take into account the number of people killed in places like china and north korea. >> china executes more people than the rest of the world combined, thousands of people are executed by the state every year. what we want is the state to reduce as a very first step, the number of crimes that the death penalty can be applied for, china uses this in ways that are not acceptable under international standards and put in place far greater safeguards for individual trials. >> a rural bank in eastern china

piled stacks of cash in plain view to show customers it hasn't run out of money. hundreds lined up to reduce their cash from the bank. the panic began on monday with the rumor that one customer's request to withdraw the equivalent of $32,000 was denied. >> china's most popular province relaxed its one child policy thursday, couples allowed to have two children under certain conditions. the new law has been introduced in beijing. we went to see how families are dealing with the change. >> at home in beijing, she enjoys the attention of her parents and grandparents. she is about to get a sibling. because her parents come from one child families, they already qualified under existing rules to ever a second child.

doing so means not subjecting their daughter to the loneliness that they enaccord. >> they can share things, they can help each other. they play together. >> most of us suffer this one child policy custom, we don't have brothers or sisters. >> under the new laws if only one parent is from a one child family, the couple will qualify for a second child, opening the prospect of a mini baby boom. that is expected to result in possibly 2 million extra births a year, and that will mean a greater demand on hospitals and kindergartens. it is expected to provide relieve in the long term for a one child generation burdened with looking after aging parents on their own. >> the social consequences of the one child generation are well known, as are the desires of most couples to want more than one child.

the parents here especially in china's bigger cities face the same financial dilemma when it comes to making the decision on that second chimed as parents anywhere else. >> in their small amount, this man shares child minding duties with his wife. she has siblings, but he is from a one child family, so they now qualify to have a second child, but they won't have one. bringing up the baby will cost them nearly $200,000 over the next 18 years. they see the single child option as offering the best chance for the best start in life. >> my wife had to share things with siblings but as an only child, my parents could spend everything on me. i want my son to have the best education and receive all of their love. >> the change in the one child law poses challenge for china and conundrum for parents, but at least they now have a chase where before there was none.

rob mcbride, aljazeera, beijing. >> just ahead, we have all the sport, including 17 time grand slam winner roger federer feeling the heat in miami. the details, in just a few moments. holy money

only on al jazeera america >> just ahead of the sport, megaup load was shot down in 2012 are two copyright infringement. now, kim.com is entering

politics. the new zealand tycoon set up a new political party named the internet party, where he's a contestant to september's poll. we report. >> just outside new zealand's largest city, oakland is the sprawling estate of an internet mogul where german born kim.com spends time devicing new ways to make money on line and ways to enter toll particulars. he set up the internet party to contest the general election later in the year. >> the idea was formed out of injustice on my case, it is raid, the illegal spying, the destruction of my business, my internet website. >> dot com is wanted in the united states where he's accused of copyright infringement, charges that could bring 20 years in jail. he hosts illegally copied material, his site megaup load costs companies $500 million.

>> you need to understand what they are alleging is that i'm responsible for the action of third parties. that's like saying high, you tube executives, you should go to jail because people are upleading prioritied movies to you tube. >> his hearing takes place in july. the party contesting the election, he may not be here when the vote takes place. over two years ago, the new zealand police raided his house and arrested him at the request of the united states f.b.i. it was a spectacular raid but happened after new zealand intelligence officers gathered information illegally, something the prime minister apologize for. now free on boil, dot com said he's setting up his own party to promote internet freedom. some believe it's a way to avoid extradition. >> it's an effort for him to try to avoid the extradition hearings and proceeding, every

legal obstacle he manages to put in the way gets bold over. >> what's clear is that this larger than life character is not easy to put off. he started another file storage website which he plans to list on the new zealand stock exchange with a value of $179 million. aljazeera, coatsville, new zealand. >> the international football friendly could become a thing of the past in europe from 2018. a new event approved being called the nations league will see world and european champion spain taking part in a third major tournament. the exact formality for that is still being worked on, but european nations ranked in four divisions with games played on dates reserved for friendlies. >> these marchs will replace the friendlies. our friendly match doesn't interest the fans, the public or

media, so they asked us to have a real competition and this is a great idea, because i repeat, no one wants friendlies. >> with just eight games left in the spanish league season, barcelona and real madrid are trailing in the race. athletico madrid are out in front. we report. >> culling off the back of their classico loss, there was no doubting the importance of this game. rinaldo opens the scoring. a big help from the deflection, but his season tally now stands at 26. real's lead lasted just five minutes with a combined counterattack.

he made himself known, securing a 2-1 win in the 75th minute. grim faces all around for real, three important points lost. bars arena needed just six minutes to take a 1-0 lead. a moment of genuine concern followed a seemingly knock with us take from valdez, but the pain on his face told a different story. a torn crash i can't tell ligament will result in a six month stint on the sidelines, prematurely ending his final season at the club and his world cup hopes for spain. it didn't affect barcelona's focus as the scoring spree continues.

he made it look all too easy as he completed his double in the 67th minute. 3-0 the final score. it was athletico and madrid finishing on top of the league. a goal was all they needed to bin 1-0. aljazeera. >> out in front with points ahead of barcelona. real madrid two points back sitting in third with eight games left in the season. liverpool up to second after a 2-1 win over sunderland. the captain scored the opener in this game, also a goal for storage, the first time in 50 years the two strikers have

scored 20 goals in a season. it is wonderful, but we knew this was a game we were going to have to be patient. to get the one at this level in the league, which is a huge credit to the players. >> africa has survived a scare as they continue their push for a place in the semifinals. the netherlands coming within six runs and causing a big upset in that game, but south africa did just enough win the second in their qualifying group as the top two will go into the last four. >> roger federer has been knocked out. this match was won in three sets. the semifinal has djokovic with

murray. murray after this loss to djokovic, with his ninth straight. >> pacers got the better of a bad tempered game to beat nba chance the miami heat. miami were leading for much of the fourth quarter, lebron james scoring again high 38 points, but lebron involved in just one of the games more critical moments, hibbert on the receiving end. the pacers won 84-83. >> formula one's new regulations are good for the sport, an australia man winning in australia. some complain the new hybrid engines aren't loud enough. rossberg is on top of the standings ahead of sunday's malaysian race.

>> it's been a fantastic site to see. the whole team has done a great job with these new regulations, with the car and engine and power train that they filled. it's been great to win the first race for sure, fantastic. >> plenty more on our website, check that out at aljazeera.com/sports. more on the news that india's supreme court wants to ban two teams from this year's premier league, of an ongoing march investigation there. >> australia rejected a plan to allow big game hunters to shoot crocodiles in the country's north. supporters of the proposal believe it would be a good way to control growing crocodile populations. the government said it would encourage cruel and inhumane behavior. we report from australia. >> in the river systems of

northern australia, crocodiles have become so abundant they even jump for food for tourists. while rangers warn their growing numbers mean a greater threat to humans. >> they are an opportunistic killer. >> tom lost two fingers to one. today, he's in charge of capturing crocodiles that get too close to areas where people live. where once there were just a few thousand cross examine left in northern australia, nichols said the government ban has allowed the population to boom. there are now more than 100,000. >> it was a situation where we were trying to bring cock dials up to an abundant number. today the problem is we're up to that, we've got too many, a what do we do. >> an 11-year-old girl taken by

a crocodile. >> a 12-year-old boy has died in a crocodile attack. >> attacks are on the rise in northern australia, and half of the victims are children. this scientists has charted the rap tiles return. we join him trying to collect crocodiles. it's dangerous work collecting eggs, fee fails fiercely guard their nests. besides the swamp water, he and his team have to deal with tall saw grass. it's very sharp if that approximate you hold on to it, it will rip your hands wide open. on top of that, they have to look out for the mother crock. >> he and his team safely remove eggs. he's come to support hunt, who believes the government is

misguided to reject them. tourives plan to charge $20,000 for a hunt. >> we've got nothing bigger. thief got to be worth something. if people think they're not worth anything, they don't want to conserve it. >> over here are crocodile nests. >> some he is special any at aboriginal community revere crock dice and believe humans are infringing on their territory. >> we've got to respect animal and the water, because the water is this is its home. >> while the government has rejected the call to cull numbers, experts warn more human deaths are inevitable, leaving the question how long will these ancient predators remain protected? aljazeera, australia. >> the latest on the day's top stairs ahead. that will do it for this news hour in doha. thanks for watching. i'll see you again, bye for now.

>> this is aljazeera america. the president now on day four of his european tour, spending the morning at the vatican meeting with pope francis. the president is meeting with the italian foreign minister today. the search for survivors in that devastating mud slide in washington state in its sixth day. the number of missing people has been lowered to 90. more than 100 people thought missing have been found. the status of 35 others is unclear. >> bad weather suspends the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. satellite images